New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-09
HOW THE POLICE DID THEIR WORK.


! FEWER ARRESTS THAN WEEK AGo-THE LAW
VIOLATED by A DEMOCRATIC LEADER
The vigilance which the police have shown In enforc-
ing the law against tho Illegal sale OF liquor other
stimulating drinks Sunday, not abated yester-
DAY. in fact moro activity shown than before.
There could be installing the orders which snperin
tendent Murray gave the police captains In the latter
part OF tho week their duty The instructions went
step further than any before given The police were
ordered to take special OF any places where they
we're satisfied that liquor being sold, but to which
hoy unable 10 gain aLmtance and to get ostive
evidence OF the violation OF the law. one OF the
used by the quordealers who desired to sell liquor yes
erdly keep out Of their places who
could not be vouchcd for This Kept them from being
arrested did prevent the police from marking
the where tho people were going In and out as
being places where the law violated IL Is Superin
tendent Murrays intention that the watch on these places
shall not end with yesterday but viii be Kept up dur
Ing entire week. and arrests viii be made liquor
sold one after before the time that the law
fixes All OF these places also where 1t was suspected
that liquor being sold will be reported to the Board
OF Excise for such action 1t see lt TO take
All the policemen who could DO spared Irom regular
precincts TO watch for offenders They had harder work
10 lind place open than on any day since 1906 when
tendent Kennedy There were only comparatively
few places open In the city and In these such precau
get drink Many Of the hquor-deaers went so far az
TO pull up the curtain and have light burning In tne,p
cases where the shops were really closed In upper
room could be found improyiset bar where we'll
kn could be supplied at the regular price
Captain Williams had large force OF policemen VINO
we're strangers district placed under him by super
intendent Murray TO watch the large hotels but they
around all day without hnding anything natlooKed
In Captain Gunner district the Twenty-hfth Precinct
the liquor dealers openly worked TO ala inc police oeers
In enforcing the law: committee OF twenty SALOON
keepers went about in carriages visiting stores ana
.pored 20 ns e Dolce and we're made
upon liquor dealers complaints In the TwentyseYenth
Precinct Captain Collin was waited upon Dy com mltee
OF saloon keepers who showed him list containing the
signatures of all the liquor sellers IN the precinct save
a over tne city the liquor dealers In seeing
the law enforced. claiming that t was UNFAIR 10
make fish OF one and flesh OF another /, A., ,r,
The leader OF the Democratic factions IN the ia
Assembly District who has two places, one IN 1ne
had them open for business and seemed 70 DC connaen
that he would not be disturbed me n4uop sore ,a
open all day and night, and men, women ana cndren
shawls and in baskets There other place open
within stones throw OF Headquarters ana TINS was
low resort for Italians in Muberryst.
SUPERINTENDENT Murray and lnsDector steers went all
over the city I'm carriage during the day and evening
think the law was enforced this city better than
before Hundreds OF liquor stores could DC looked
into from the street and at all the precincts inc repor
was that everything seemed to be closed. Inc Ihot
that few arrests were made shows nat not every b
closed up. In going owe, inc Guy notrpt % Inc o
absence OF drunken men, ana everything seelneu w. 20
quiet and peaceful lnls ngno W. ~ tbe poce The law
must be obeyed. The work to-day was good put believe
that next sunday IT VIII De Dcler anu VIII oo,,ao y.
improve especially as the lquor-dealers thenseeS "ro
aiding Tie police -, -, - % I
! In slcyin's liquor store In Bleecker-st was card
bearing the inscriptions Closed account OF inc deat
of Liberty" ON the handle OF the door was large blue
/ stocking. ,,-. nj.
! Engcne McCann bartender in Assemblyman Firms
barrOOn, No 2I9 HndsOn-st, was arrested Dy Olhccr
MalOmey for selling glass 0f beer 70 MIA iast evening"
The law was strictly enforced in the Park restaurants
| The unfavorabe weather prevented as many people
going 10 the parks on last sunday ana there was
less complaint on part OF thOsewho were deprived
OF their sunday beer Park policeman wls stationed
] each III lbs
Park and High Bridge Park At Riverside comparative
liz few people during the day ANA the pfoprle
tor that IL would pay him better TO close UP MS
place entirely. ,,.,. =,
acre were eshtyelght arrests for violation OF the